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Kira Muratova was born on 5 November 1934 in Soroca, Romania [now Moldova]. She was a director and writer, known for Nastroyshchik (2004), Vtorostepennye lyudi (2001) and The Asthenic Syndrome (1989). She was married to Aleksandr Muratov and Yevgeni Golubenko. She died on 6 June 2018 in Odessa, Ukraine.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Nikolay Grinko was born on 22 May 1920 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Stalker (1979), Solaris (1972) and Andrei Rublev (1966). He died on 10 April 1989 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Bogdan Stupka is one of Ukraine's most famous actors. His most memorable stage role was as Tevye the Milkman in Sholom Aleichem's Tevye-Tevel (aka... Fiddler on the Roof (1971)). After a brief stint as the Ukrainean Minister of Culture, he is the Executive Director of the Ivan Franko State Theater in Kyiv. Along with his administrative duties, Mr. Stupka was performing several times a week in various new and traditional productions. He also toured with his company, was appearing in two or three films every year, while still devoted much time to his wife of many years as well as his son Ostap Stupka and his grandchildren.
- Margarita Krinitsyna was born on 7 October 1932 in Novaya Lyalya, Ural Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Za dvoma zaytsiamy (1961), Chyornyy kapitan (1973) and Obgonyayushchaya veter (1959). She was married to Yevgeni Onopriyenko. She died on 10 October 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Sergei Ivanov was born on 22 May 1951 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Medovyy mesyats (1991), 72 gradusa nizhe nulya (1977) and Ar-khi-me-dy! (1975). He died on 15 January 2000 in Kyiv, Ukraine.- Pavlo Li was born on 10 July 1988 in Yevpatoria, Crimea, Ukraine. He was an actor, known for Egregor (2021), #Selfieparty (2016) and Unforgotten Shadows (2013). He died on 6 March 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine.
- Vladik was born on 29 December 1990. He died on 20 October 2009 in Alushta, Crimea, Ukraine.
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- Writer
- Producer
Gonzalo Lira was born on 29 February 1968 in Burbank, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Secuestro (2005), Soldier of Fortune (2000) and The Ralph Retort Killstream Postmortem (2018). He died on 12 January 2024 in Ukraine.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Pasqualino De Santis was born on 24 April 1927 in Fondi, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for Romeo and Juliet (1968), Death in Venice (1971) and Three Brothers (1981). He died on 23 June 1996 in Lviv, Ukraine.- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Yuri Ilyenko was born on 18 July 1936 in Cherkassy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Cherkasy, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971), Swan Lake: The Zone (1990) and Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968). He was married to Lyudmila Efimenko and Larisa Kadochnikova. He died on 15 June 2010 in Prokhorivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Timofey Spivak was born on 13 November 1947 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for Tri dnya vne zakona (1992), Vopreki vsemu (1993) and Tayna partizanskoy zemlyanki (1975). He was married to Yekaterina Vasilyeva and Tatyana Klyuyeva. He died on 30 November 2022 in Ukraine.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vladimir Braun was born on 1 January 1896 in Yelizavetgrad, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kirovohrad, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for V mirnye dni (1951), Malwa (1957) and Blestyashchaya karyera (1933). He died on 21 August 1957 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Boris Seidenberg was born on 21 May 1929 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Budni ugolovnogo rozyska (1973), Ofitser zapasa (1972) and Krepost (1979). He died on 20 October 2000 in Odessa, Ukraine.
- Writer
- Actor
- Art Director
Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz was born on 10 August 1898 in Okunevo, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Hlybokaye Raion, Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus]. He was a writer and actor, known for District Attorney (1933), Bialy Murzyn (1939) and Znachor (1937). He died on 20 September 1939 in Kuty, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Kuty, Ukraine].- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Ivan Mykolaichuk is a Ukrainian movie actor (34 roles), director of two movies and screen writer of nine movies. He was born in a family of peasants in a village of Chortoryia in Western Ukraine. Ivan Mukolaichuk finished the Chernivtsi Music College and the theater-studio of Olha Kobylianska Chernivtsi Music-Drama Theater. Graduated from Ukrainian National University of Theater, Film and TV of Karpenko-Kary in 1965. He became famous after he had played the leading role in Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965).- Andrei Ivanovich Krasko was born on August 10, 1957 in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia). His father was notable Russian actor Ivan Krasko, his mother was Kira Petrova, a schoolteacher. From 1974-1979, he studied acting at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography, graduating as actor in 1979. That same year, he made his film debut in 'Lichnoe Svidanie', then played bit parts in several Soviet films.
Andrei Krasko was married twice and had two children. His first marriage to a fellow student actress ended in separation after six months. Soon he was treated at a psychiatric clinic, then he was fired from a theatre company. Then, for several years, Krasko worked various jobs, such as a cemetery worker, a repairman, a car mechanic, a tailor, as he was struggling to survive and had to change many professions. He was in an 8-year hiatus before he made a comeback as a film star. Krasko shot to fame after starring in several popular television series, such as Banditskiy Peterburg: Baron (2000), 'Agent natsionalnoi bezopasnosti', and other television hits. On the big screen, he co-starred with Vladimir Mashkov and Mariya Mironova in Tycoon: A New Russian (2002), then with Sergey Makovetskiy and Marat Basharov in 72 metra (2004). He played supporting roles in such war dramas as 9th Company (2005), 'Svolochi' The Turkish Gambit (2005). His last work in film was a supporting role as Felix Korogodsky, a Russian tycoon in the popular comedy Lyubov-Morkov (2007).
Andrei Krasko eventually became a popular and reputable Russian actor. During the 2000s, his acting career was ascending. He played more than 40 roles in film and on television. Krasko also gave memorable performances on stage at St. Petersburg Theatre "Priyut Komedianta", where his show "Moskva - Petushki" was consistently sold out for two seasons. He won great respect for his acting talent as well as for his diligent effort in overcoming his personal issues and his problems with alcohol. Andrei Krasko died of a heart failure at age 48 on July 5, 2006 in Odessa, Ukraine, and was laid to rest in Komarovo cemetery in St. Peterburg, Russia. - Valentina Ivashova was born on 12 July 1915. She was an actress, known for Alexander Nevsky (1938), Sluchainaya vstrecha (1936) and The Rainbow (1944). She died on 5 July 1991 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].
- Leonid Marennikov was born on 9 June 1912 in Kuznetsk, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Unamenables (1959), V poiskakh kapitana Granta (1986) and Volshebnyy golos Dzhelsomino (1978). He died on 27 July 2005 in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Lev Perfilov was born on 13 February 1933 in Kolomna, Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Hard to Be a God (1989), Kin-dza-dza! (1986) and The Adventures of the Electronic (1979). He died on 24 January 2000 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Oksana Voronina was born on 11 November 1967 in Putyvl, USSR. She was an actress, known for Bad Roads (2020), Feathered Dreams (2012) and Vladyka Andrey (2008). She died on 30 July 2020 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Leonid Bakshtaev was born on 10 May 1934 in village Dobryn, Elsk Raion, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Dabryn, Jelsk District, Gomel Region, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Petlya Oriona (1981), Prostyye zaboty (1975) and Tretye pokoleniye (1985). He died on 29 July 1995 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Nikolay Olyalin was born on 22 May 1941 in Opikhalino, Vologda Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for Night Watch (2004), Day Watch (2006) and Ne otstrelennaya muzyka (1990). He was married to Nelly Ivanovna Olyalina. He died on 17 November 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine.- Czar Aleksandr III was born on 10 March 1845 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was married to Czarina Maria Fyodorovna. He died on 2 November 1894 in Livadiya, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine].
- Yuri Tavrov was born on 2 July 1938 in Zhitomirskaya oblast, USSR. He was an actor, known for The Night Before Christmas (1961), Our Honest Bread (1964) and Mezh vysokikh khlebov (1970). He died on 4 July 2010 in Odessa, Ukraine.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych was born on 13 December 1877 in Monastyrok, Podolia, Russian Empire [now Monastyrok, Vinnytsia Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]. Mykola Dmytrovych was a composer, known for Die Hard 2 (1990), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) and C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005). Mykola Dmytrovych died on 23 January 1921 in Markivka, Podolian Governorate, Ukrainian SSR [now Markivka, Haisin Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine].- Cinematographer
- Director
- Producer
Mantas Kvedaravicius (Lithuania) was a filmmaker and an academic who holds the long-standing interests in absence, materially and body in their performative and political manifestations. He held a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge, and was an Associate Professor at Vilnius University. His documentaries - Barzakh (2011) and Mariupolis (2016) have premiered and been awarded in Berlinale, Busan, Hong-Kong, Nyon Visions du Réel film festivals.- Vasiliy Kukharskiy was born on 2 December 1981 in the USSR. He was an actor, known for Wataha (2014), Maksym Osa: The Gold of Werewolf (2022) and Kruty 1918 (2019). He died on 7 December 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Yuliya Volchkova was born on 29 August 1974 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Dikiy tabun (2003), A Friend of the Deceased (1997) and Reportazh (1995). She was married to Ivan Sautkin. She died on 10 November 2018 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Vasily Zaitsev was born on 23 March 1915 in Russia. He died on 15 December 1991 in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Konstantin Stepankov was born on 3 June 1928 in Pecheski, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Kapitan Krokus (1991), Prikazano vzyat zhivym (1984) and Hetmanski kleinody (1993). He was married to Ada Rogovtseva. He died on 22 July 2004 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Leonid Bykov was born on 12 December 1928 in Znamenskoye, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1974), Little Hare (1965) and Aty-baty, shli soldaty... (1977). He died on 11 April 1979 in Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Viktor Stepanov was born on 21 May 1947 in Severo-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Poslednee delo Varyonogo (1994), Mikhaylo Lomonosov (1986) and Groza nad Rusyu (1992). He died on 27 December 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Nathalie Kovanko was born on 13 September 1899 in Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Michel Strogoff (1926), Le chant de l'amour triomphant (1923) and L'ordonnance (1921). She was married to Viktor Tourjansky. She died on 23 May 1967 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].
- Igor Slavinskiy was born on 8 February 1953 in Kiev, USSR. He was an actor, known for The Dragon Syndrome (2012), Nachat snachala. Marta (2008) and V Parizh! (2009). He died on 7 August 2018 in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Aleksandr Kryzhanovskiy was born on 13 October 1957 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Battle for Sevastopol (2015), Evilenko (2003) and Bucha (2024). He was married to Tamara Plashenko. He died on 21 November 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Director
Vladimir Goncharov was born on 9 February 1940 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. Vladimir was a director, known for Le vilain petit canard (1996), Adventures of Captain Vrungel (1976) and La chèvre de monsieur Seguin (1997). Vladimir died on 14 January 2022 in Kiev, Ukraine.- Schulz is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable writers in Polish literature of the first half of the 20h Century. He was born in Drohobycz, a small village near Lvov, where he would live until he was shot by the Nazis on the street on November 19th, 1942. By then, Schulz had published two books. They were collections of stories and prose texts of extremely original style and contents. The first collection was published as The Cinnamon Shops in 1933; the second, published as Sanatorium Pod Klepsydra, was published in 1937. Schulz's work has often been compared to Franz Kafka's.
- Zinaida Dekhtyaryova was born on 30 October 1927 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Povtornaya svadba (1976), Soldatka (1960) and Avdotya Pavlovna (1967). She died on 19 June 2004 in Lviv, Ukraine.
- Director
- Writer
- Animation Department
David Cherkasskiy was born on 23 August 1932 in Shpola, Ukrainskaya SSR, USSR. He was a director and writer, known for Ostrov Sokrovishch (1988), Goodbye, Pharaohs! (1975) and Komunalne. He died on 30 October 2018 in Kyiv, Ukraine.- Nikolai Komissarov was born on 17 January 1890 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Sekretnaya missiya (1950), Dream of a Cossack (1951) and Tainstvennyy ostrov (1941). He died on 30 September 1957 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].
- Director
- Writer
Evgeniy Sherstobitov was born on 19 June 1928 in Verkhneudinsk, Buryat-Mongol ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Tumannost Andromedy (1967), Proryv (1992) and Beryom vsyo na sebya (1981). He was married to Zhemma Chayka. He died on 20 October 2008 in Kiev, Ukraine.- Valeriy Bessarab was born on 18 March 1944 in Moscow, USSR. He was an actor, known for Ostrov Sokrovishch (1988), Klyuchi ot neba (1965) and S dnyom rozhdeniya (1962). He died on 9 January 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Producer
Brent Renaud was a Peabody and DuPont Award winning filmmaker and spent the past two decades producing films and television programs with his brother Craig. The Renaud Brothers are best known for telling humanistic stories from the World's hot spots and their projects have covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the earthquake in Haiti, political turmoil in Egypt and Libya, the fight for Mosul, extremism in Africa, cartel violence in Mexico, and the youth refugee crisis in Central America.
Their work has won many of the top awards in television and journalism, including a Peabody Award, two Columbia DuPont Awards, two Overseas Press Club Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, an IDA Award, a DGA nomination for Best Directors and multiple Emmy nominations. Their films have also received critical acclaim in Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Forbes, USA Today, the New York Times, Filmmaker Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and American Cinematographer. Craig and his brother Brent also founded the Little Rock Film Festival and the Arkansas Motion Picture Institute.- Mariya Kapnist was born on 22 March 1913 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972), Shans (1984) and Savage Hunt of King Stakh (1980). She died on 25 October 1993 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Borislav Brondukov was born on 1 March 1938 in Dubava, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Afonya (1975), Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches (1987) and Zhenitba (1978). He died on 10 March 2004 in Kyiv, Ukraine.- Visual Effects
- Writer
- Director
Mikhail Karyukov was born on 27 July 1905 in Odessa, Russian Empire. He was a writer and director, known for Battle Beyond the Sun (1959), Mechte navstrechu (1963) and Isini chamovidnen mtidan (1954). He died on 2 December 1992 in Kiev, Ukraine.- Valeriya Zaklunnaya was born on 15 August 1942 in Stalingrad, RSFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Russia]. She was an actress, known for The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979), Pozdnyaya yagoda (1978) and Sibiryachka (1973). She was married to Alexander Mironenko, Valeri Sivak and Garri Bardin. She died on 22 October 2016 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Director
Marius Petipa was born on 11 March 1818 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a writer and director, known for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018), Shchelkunchik (2023) and The Bolshoi Ballet: Live from Moscow - The Nutcracker (2010). He was married to Love Savitskaya and Mariia Surovshchikova. He died on 14 July 1910 in Gurzuf, Crimea, Russian Empire [now Ukraine].- Natalya Naum was born on 14 January 1933 in Mizun Stary, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Staryy Mizun, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Povest o zhenshchine (1975), Za dvoma zaytsiamy (1961) and Zhivaya voda (1972). She died on 22 March 2004 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Viktor Kabachenko was born on 2 January 1955 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. Viktor was a cinematographer, known for Poyezd vne raspisaniya (1986), Nenavist (1977) and Koleso istorii (1981). Viktor died on 27 April 2009 in Ukraine.